On the Ground w Esther Iverem

“On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital” covers social justice activism about local, national and international issues.

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‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 18, 2016–MAKING THE LINKS FROM LIBYA, TO FLINT, TO DC, TO HAITI WITH AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST GERALD HORNE

Posted February 22, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OTG-FEB18-2016.mp3 MAKING THE LINKS FROM LIBYA, TO FLINT, TO DC, TO HAITI WITH AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 11, 2016–AFTER HILLARY CLINTON’S DEFEAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, A CONVERSATION WITH LESTER SPENCE ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK ON NEOLIBERALISM. ALSO, ‘WHERE TO INVADE NEXT,’ MICHAEL MOORE’S NEW MOVIE

Posted February 21, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OTG-FEB11-2016.mp3 We unpack this political moment—the presidential election, a democratic...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEB. 4, 2016–LAUNCHING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THAT U.N. REPORT ON AFRICAN AMERICANS, CONVERSATIONS WITH GULLAH PEOPLE AND ANGELA DAVIS SPEAKS ON THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT

Posted February 4, 2016

https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FINAL-OTG-FEB4-2016.mp3 Launching Black History Month, what the U.N. Working Group of Experts...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JAN. 28, 2016–THE UNITED NATIONS HEARS FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS AND A CONVERSATION WITH MARK ANTHONY NEAL ON FILM AND MUSIC

Posted February 1, 2016

The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent end their U.S. visit by hearing testimony from residents in the DMV on issues...

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW, JAN. 21, 2016–ACTIVISTS DEMAND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN MARYLAND AND IT’S THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ‘THE F-WORD’

Posted January 22, 2016

Thousands of activists around the country reclaimed the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend with rallies, protests and acts of civil disobedience....